Russell Peters has stepped into a new role in life, and not one that he could have anticipated. “Yes, I have become a dream-maker,” he announces in a phone interview. He is referring to his role as an arbiter of comedic talent on the NBC reality show Last Comic Standing, also featuring fellow judges Roseanne Barr and Keenen Ivory Wayans.

The Gardener’s Lodge Cafe has polished wood floors, aboriginal art and customers tucking into kangaroo-stout pies and sipping on macchiatos. All this betrays none of its past: The 125-year-old sandstone structure used to be a public toilet.

With an aging core of multiple-time Paralympians supplemented by a handful of young prospects, Canada will enter the London Games this week valiantly trying to hold onto a top 10 standing against an ever deepening field of nations.

The Festival Juste pour rire is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Gilbert Rozon’s baby was born in July of 1983. The first Festival lasted a mere four days and consisted of four showcases totalling 16 comedians from Quebec and Europe. A far cry from this year’s 30th vintage with over 600 hundred artists performing shows throughout July in both official languages.

Tiger Woods says Steve Williams isn’t a racist, so I guess we can take his word for it. Woods should know since Williams was his caddie for a dozen years, walking beside him for all but seven of his 71 PGA Tour victories, including 13 of his 14 major championships.

In 1990, I sat down to dinner with a 19-year-old chef friend who had invited me to a new restaurant whose chef, he said, was quickly shaping up to be the guy to beat. The restaurant was called Citrus and the chef, of course, was Normand Laprise. I remember him stopping by our table to greet my friend, and how pleasant and humble he seemed.

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